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類別： 小說 (agent : Sherry)


CROSS ROAD
CROSS ROAD ∼那天的約定



作者： 泉忠司（ IZUMI Tadashi ）、晴香葉子（ HARUKA Youko ）

出版社： GOMA BOOKS
ISBN:4-7771-0484-2
發行年月： 2006 年 10 月

在獲得 65 萬讀者的好評中連載完畢， 對戀愛有效的小說 -- 「 CROSS ROAD ∼那天的約定」，由 GOMA BOOKS 緊急出版！上市後立即五刷！銷售量突破六萬本！

應該算是交往中，但卻感覺對方的存在十分遙遠。
已經分手了，卻對當時的約定念念不忘 … 。
書中附上戀愛學的解說，這樣新型態的「對戀愛有效的小說」誕生了！

Summary

波美（ NAMI ）經友人麻衣子（ MAIKO ）而認識了海都（ KAITO ）。波美在不知不覺間被海都所吸引，同時，海都也漸漸喜歡上波美，兩人因此交往。但是，因為海都工作越來越忙碌因而減少兩人的見面機會，因而發生不同意見想法。也因為這些嫌隙誤會，導致兩人分手。

是，「即使分手了，只有在某個日子一定會在某個地方見面。」從交往以來就做出的約定。即使分手了兩個人仍沒忘記這個約定。結果，那個人是否會依約前來呢 … ？！

作者個人網站： http://www.izumi-tadashi.net/

晴香葉子（ HARUKA Youko ） 出生於東京都。對應用心理學、精神物理學、 POSITIVE 心理學等有所研究。常常以心理學、溝通、說話方式等為主題發表演講、研修報告。

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類別： 青少年小說 (agent : Cynthia)

 
THE DARKANGEL (Book 1)
黑暗天使三部曲之一



-作 者： Meredith Ann Pierce

黑暗天使是個俊美絕倫、具有黑色雙翼的年輕吸血鬼，他必須找到十四個新娘，他的法力才能夠全面發揮。愛瑞是他的女僕，負責伺候第十三位新娘，她知道必須除掉黑暗天使，以免他去找最後一個新娘。然而他的容貌深深迷惑著她，並且從他身上，她看到了善良，那是一種超越邪惡本色的特質，她想要拯救他，而不是毀滅他。

Summary

A marriage was to take place in the village at sundown, dusk being the customary and proper time for weddings in Avaric. Eoduin, as eldest cousin to the bride, was pledged to bring the bridal cup of hornbloom nectar and garlands of the wedding trumps. But these could be harvested only a few hours before the marriage, the precious liquor and delicate blossoms so quickly spoiled.



作者 About the Author
Meredith Ann Pierce is a recognized and well-known author among fans of the young adult fantasy genre and the cross-over adult market. The Darkangel , her very first book, was an ALA Best Book, a New York Times Notable Children's Book, a Parent's Choice Award Superbook, a Bo oklist Best Book of the Decade, and was honored with the IRA's annual Children's Book Award and the California Young Reader Medal.

She has received the Jane Tinkam Broughton Fellowship in Writing for children from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and an Individual Artist Fellowship Special Award for Children's Literature by the Florida Department of State's Division of Cultural Affairs. She currently resides in Florida .

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類別： 非文學類 / 文藝評論 (agent:Joanne)



CLASSICS: BOOKS FOR LIFE
一 生中不該錯過的經典文學


- by Jane Gleeson-White


Format: 精裝 , 403 頁 , 2005 年 10 月出版

愛書人、自由作家、書評家 Jane Gleeson-White 曾在澳洲的 Good Reading 雜誌談及她心目中的經典文學，不料文章刊出後受到了當地讀者、讀書會、教師、學生們的熱烈迴響，使得她興起了寫作這本書的念頭。

書中蒐集了作者認為自古至今值得一再重新閱讀的 62 本經典文學作品，從 Homer 的 ILLIARD( 伊里亞德 ) 與 ODYSSEY( 奧德賽 ) 、 Miguel de Cervantes 的 DON QUIXOTE( 唐吉珂德 ) 、 Jane Austen 的 PERSUASION ( 勸導 ) 、 Emily Bronte 的 WUTHERING HEIGHTS( 咆嘯山莊 ) 、 Leo Tolstoy 的 WAR AND PEACE( 戰爭與和平 ) 、 Vladimir Nabokov 的 LOLITA ( 洛莉塔 ) 、 J.D. Salinger 的 THE CATCHER IN THE RYE ( 麥田捕手 ) 、 Toni Morrison 的 BELOVED ( 寵兒 ) 、 J.M. Coetzee 的 WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS( 等待野蠻人 ) 、到 Salman Rushdie 的 MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN( 午夜之子 ) 。作者除了提供每本書的大綱介紹與背景敘述之外，為了平衡她選擇上的偏好，她主動聯繫了許多作家與藝文界人士，請他們也舉出他們心目中的經典文學，所以您將在本書中驚喜的發現當代作家 Don DeLillo 、 J.M. Coetzee 、 J.K Rowling 所喜愛的文學作品。

就如同 Italo Calvino 在 WHY READ THE CLASSICS?( 為什麼要讀經典 ?) 中所說的，一本經典好書應該是能夠與讀者建立一種個人的關係，讓讀者純粹因為喜愛 -- 而非強制性的責任 -- 而閱讀的作品。請與 Jane Gleeson-White 分享這些觸動她心靈深處，讓她鍾愛一生、反覆閱讀的經典文學作品。

Summary

'What makes a classic? For me, it's a book I can't imagine having lived without; a truthful, wholly imagined world, in astonishing language, by a writer unafraid to probe those things that scare us and scar us and make us human .' [Charlotte Wood, author of The Submerged Cathedral, in CLASSICS: BOOKS FOR LIFE]

Mark Twain defined a literary classic as 'something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read'. But what was true in the nineteenth century doesn't hold today. In our uncertain modern times, not only do books considered classics still fill the shelves of many bookshops, but these books continue to exert a powerful influence on contemporary culture -- some in obvious ways, such as the film and television adaptations of of the works of Homer, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charles Dickens and Henry James; other in less obvious ways, through their enduring impact on fellow writers, artists and musicians.

When Jane Gleeson-White wrote an article on classic books for Good Reading magazine, she was amazed at the response it elicited: students, teachers and reading groups were hungering for recommendations from 'the canon', the list of classic texts that until quite recently was compulsory reading in Australian schools. The result is this beautiful book on why the greatest works of literature matter, and what they can give us today. As well, the book contains many great contemporary authors' lists of their favourite classics -- from J.K. Rowling, who loves Jane Austen, to J.M. Coetzee, whose 'top ten' includes Cervantes and Samuel Beckett.

作者 About the Illustrator
Jane Gleeson-White has worked as a bookseller, writer, book editor and reviewer in Sydney and London since completing her degrees in English and Australian literature, and economics, at the University of Sydney in 1987. She also worked as a student at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice , where she studied Byzantine, early Renaissance and Modern art. She currently lives in Sydney with her husband and two children.


*本書 2005 年 10 月   出版，已授權巴西、韓國，有樣書可提供審閱。

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類別： 旅遊文學 / 社會觀察 / 文化 / 中國 (agent :Mingming)


CHINA ROAD : A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

-by Rob Gifford


Format: 精裝 , 352 頁 , 2007 年 6 月出版

Summary

中國的 312 國道被比擬為美國的 66 號公路 , 東西綿延三千多哩 , 從沿海的工業重鎮 , 途經中國的人口密集區 , 止於戈壁大沙漠與絲路接軌 . 312 國道見證了當代中國在社會和經濟翻雲覆雨的革命 .

作者現任美國國家公共廣播電台駐倫敦首席記者 , 於 1987 年二十歲時即以學生身份首訪中國 , 歷 20 年生涯在中國就學及從事新聞報導 . 嫻熟中文的作者 , 帶領讀者走訪 312 國道 , 揭露現代中國的矛盾多面相 . 作者提出了大眾對中國的疑問 : 中國會成為下一世紀的強權嗎 ? 中國的內在如同外表看來一樣強勢嗎 ? 21 世紀所期待的中國人 ?

作者 About the Author
Rob Gifford first went to China in 1987 as a twenty-year-old language student. He has spent much of the last twenty years studying and reporting there. From 1999 to 2005, he was the Beijing correspondent of National Public Radio, and he traveled all over China and the rest of Asia reporting for Morning Edition and All Things Considered . He is now NPR's London bureau chief.
www.RobertGifford.com

Review
Advance praise for China Road

“How I envy Rob Gifford and his journey along China Road . How grateful I am to him for allowing me to share the trip through his vivid writing and his deep knowledge of and great love for China . As vicarious enjoyment goes, this one's a ten.”
–Ted Koppel, managing editor, Discovery Channel

“Rob Gifford has found the perfect road trip. His years in China have given him a keen eye and a deep understanding of the country's contradictions; he's the perfect guide to this magnificent road from Shanghai to the Kazakhstan border.”
–Peter Hassler, author of River Town and Oracle Bones

“My gosh, I loved Rob Gifford's book. His journey along Route 312 is a great road story–from Hooters in Shanghai to the Iron House of Confucianism. China Road is insightful, funny, analytical, anecdotal, full of humble humor and magnificent discoveries.”
–Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition and author of Pretty Birds

“Here is China end to end, told from its equivalent of Route 66 as Gifford journeys from Shanghai to the distant west, talking to truck drivers, merchants, hermits, and whores. Gifford portrays China with affection and humor, in all its complexity, energy, hopefulness, and risk.”
–Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

“Equal parts Bill Bryson and Jonathan Spence. Gifford is great company and great fun, and China Road is a terrific, highly readable book.”
–Jim Yardley, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Beijing correspondent

“A great book, a terrific read. Rob Gifford's story is as engaging as any travel writing, but it is equally full of historical and philosophical wisdom about the future of the world's largest country.”
–Joseph S. Nye, Jr., former assistant secretary of defense, Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University

“After six years in Beijing, NPR's Rob Gifford has written a wonderfully reflective but also well-informed account of his road trip across China. His knowledge and insight about China 's past and present do a marvelous job in helping the reader understand all the challenges that confront this very dynamic country's future.”
–Orville Schell, director, the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations

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類別： 保健•乳癌•回憶錄 (agent :Annie)

Take Off Your Party Dress: When Life ' s Too Busy for Breast Cancer
再見了，我的性感禮服 ( 暫譯 )

- by Dina Rabinovitch





2004 年，Dina Rabinovitch ，未滿 40 歲，專欄作家，三個孩子的媽，同時也是乳癌患者。

Dina 在三十歲之前懷孕生子，以母乳哺育小孩，她篤信自己屬於患乳癌的低危險群，對此疾病一無所知，雖然發現 乳部有 瘤腫已經兩三年的時間 ， Dina 一直不以為意，因為先生對這日益擴大的硬塊感到不安，強烈要求她就醫，在精密檢查後，證實她得了乳癌。

Dina 以溫暖的筆觸寫自己過來人的經驗，寫乳癌的種種症狀與治療方法，從接受診斷、乳房切除術的經過一直到身體康復，其中談到試用抗癌新藥「賀癌平」 Herceptin ( 商品名 Trastuzumab ，獨特之抗癌療效及機轉，被美國列為優先審查藥品，已於 1998 年經美國藥物食品管理局核准上市 ) 的經驗，並分享少奶奶的時尚穿著秘訣。

患乳癌後， Dina 以專欄分享治療癌症的經驗，這些專欄集結成本書於 2007 年出版。 Dina 並以本書的出版為出發點，發起募款活動，為成立支援癌症中心研究小組的基金而努力。

Summary

Journalist Dina Rabinovitch had just turned 40 when was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2004. At that point she didn ' t know a thing about the disease. Today she ' s an expert. Her experience of the condition and its treatment, from diagnosis through mastectomy to recovery, is recounted in this down-to-earth memoir covering everything from trialling Herceptin to what to wear that ' s stylish after surgery. Warm, lively, at times irreverent, Rabinovitch ' s story of juggling a hectic career and a large, extended family while living with cancer is a strong and engaging narrative that will be essential reading for anyone affected by this most prevalent disease.




作者 About the Illustrator
Dina 是新聞記者與作家，為衛報 The Guardian . 寫專欄，自 2004 年患乳癌後，她以專欄分享治療癌症的經驗，這些專欄集結成書 ( 書名： Take Off Your Party Dress) 於 2007 年出版， Dina 以本書的出版為出發點，發起募款活動，目標是成立支援癌症中心研究小組的基金，此活動的網址為 http://www.justgiving.com/dinaspage

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類別： 科學普及 (agent : Yu-Shiuan)


Animal Architects : Building and the Evolution of Intelligence
動物界的建築師：智慧的累積與進化

在動物世界裡千奇百怪的建築形式，例如鳥巢，蜘蛛網，蜂窩甚至水獺的水壩等等，這是動物純粹配合生存環境而建立的建築形式？還是如同人類社會的建築物，除了基本實用功能的考量外，還有美感和智慧的累積？本書兩位作者從事動物行為研究多年，首次從動物建築師的角度探討動物對周遭環境的認知行為與其智慧的累積與演進。作者先以深入淺出的文字讓讀者瞭解動物建築的動機，然後逐章介紹一般讀者熟悉的動物建築，包括蜘蛛的絲網、獨居性昆蟲的建築本能、蜂窩和螞蟻穴、各式各樣的鳥巢，從中一探這些動物本能，認知過程及其背後的群居型態智慧，延伸出的建築藍圖，甚至對大自然美的觀感，作者最後不忘從觀察動物建築延伸到人類智慧的本質的探討，說明不同於動物建築，人類為何需要建築空中樓閣的幻象。

Summary

Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal mind.

Animal Architects examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures seem to require intellectual insight, planning, and even aesthetics (such as bowerbirds' nests, or beavers' dams). Beginning with instinct and the simple homes of solitary insects, James and Carol Gould move on to conditioning; the “cognitive map” and how it evolved; and the role of planning and insight. Finally, they reflect on what animal building tells us about the nature of human intelligence-showing why humans, unlike many animals, need to build castles in the air.

作者 About the Author

Carol Grant Gould, Science writer Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould have written The Animal Mind , Sexual Selection , and The Honey Bee , all considered classic books on animal behavior for lay audiences. They live in Princeton , New Jersey .

James L. Gould, James L. Gould is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and one of the world's leading experts in animal behavior. With science writer Carol Grant Gould he has written The Animal Mind , Sexual Selection , and The Honey Bee , all considered classic books on animal behavior for lay audiences. They live in Princeton , New Jersey .

其他

*本書 2007 年 3 月中旬出版，尚無海外授權資料。


The Boston Globe 雜誌推薦此書： “Engrossing… For millennia, humans have debated the degree of sentience in animals. The prospect of using the structures an animal builds to extrapolate its cognitive capability is irresistible.  Fortunately for readers, the levelheaded Goulds prove wonderful guides through these shadowy corridors, at once skeptical and reverent.” ( 如欲詳讀專文，請另行 email 到本公司 yushiuan@bardon.com.tw 索取 )

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類別： 非小說 ,  親子教養 (agent : Jianmei)


GOOD KIDS BAD HABITS 

- by Jennifer Trachtenberg, M.D.
(本書前言由 YOU: The Owner's Manual 之兩位作者 Michael F. Roizen, M.D. 與 Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. 共同執筆 )

Format :   平裝   336  頁 ,   美國 HarperCollins 出版公司 2007 年 2 月出版




Summary

醫生 , 專家們不約而同提出警告 , 由於不當之健康習慣 , 我們的下一代可能在他們三十歲時即會面臨心臟病的威脅 , 同時壽命年限也將不及他們的父母輩 .   這並非危言聳聽 , 高油脂食物 , 長時間看電視 , 玩電腦造成無數肥胖的兒童 . 自 1980 年代至今 , 肥胖兒童的數目以倍數增加 , 這些過胖兒成人後 , 也是得到種種慢性病的高危險群 .

本書首先提供一套健康兒童的測試表 , 做完之後即可看出受測兒童的 “ 生物年齡 ” 是否與他們的真實年齡相當 .   當生物年齡大於真實年齡時 , 即表示身體已出現一些不該有的老化現象 .   為了孩子未來的健康,  父母必須採取行動,  改變並且建立健康的生活方式 .  作者 Jennifer Trachtenberg 為執業多年的小兒科醫師 , 以多年行醫經驗提倡自兒童期建立正確的生活方式 , 並為父母提出貼心的建議和指導 .  以下為本書健康兒童計劃之具體目標 :

-         降低兒童得到糖尿病 心臟病 骨質疏鬆症 與氣喘的風險
-         提升兒童集中精神 元氣和創造力的能力
-         提高兒童情緒智商 心理健康與社交的能力
-         減少兒童受傷和意外的機會

作者 About the Author
作者為紐約西奈山醫學中心之小兒科醫師 ,  三個孩子的母親 .  並於曼哈頓私人診所看診 .

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類別： 親子關係 / 心理學 (agent : David )


My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives
父子情深—陪孩子一起探索人生旅程

- by Michael J. Diamond

父子情 是所有感情中最含蓄最難宣之於口的。此書作者 Michael J. Diamond 透過心理學、臨床案例與自身為人父亦為人子的雙重經驗，檢視 父子間 最被壓抑的感情。

以往親子類的書籍告訴父母如何去教養小孩，但這本書卻是讓大人放下權威的身段，去省思是不是在追求事業追求名利的背後，犧牲了與孩子或父親之間的互動。

如強褓時，小男嬰需要父親來確定自己的認同，父親也是因為有了男寶寶，開始學著培養責任感並重新找回赤子之心，因為小孩一些無厘頭的言語或表情而充滿歡喜。又如男孩上國小國中時，如何需要父親的教導和陪伴，此時父親也得進修學習把自身的知識和謀生的基礎教授男孩。接著青春期的兒子開始叛逆，成人後又獨立自主在外頭闖世界，這也是父親得試著釋放自己好不容易建立起來的權威，學著接受兒子已不再屬於自己的時刻。最後，當時間流轉，父親也將和兒子一起面對死亡這個最大的課題，走完人生的必經旅程。

Summary

For decades, mothers were thought to be the only real influence on a child. Now we recognize that the father's involvement also has a profound impact, but how sons affect their fathers is too-often overlooked. In My Father Before Me psychoanalyst Michael J. Diamond firmly establishes fatherhood as an essential event for both the son's and the father's development. With chapters analyzing the father/son relationship throughout the life cycle, and demonstrating the powerful influence between them, Diamond calls for a more inclusive notion of masculinity, thus allowing men to access parts of themselves they previously ignored. He argues that sons are largely responsible for helping their fathers embrace this more flexible notion of manhood, making them better partners and better parents. Diamond has written an important book that enables us to make sense of the question: what does it truly mean to be a man.

 作者 About the Author
Michael J. Diamond 是為臨床心理醫生和心理分析師，曾獲頒美國年度最佳心理分析師的頭銜。目前居住於美國洛杉磯。


* 此本書巴西翻譯權已授。

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